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Staying in Science

This research, undertaken by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), was funded by the Ministry of Research Science and Technology (MoRST) and used to…

Work values and the quality of employment: a literature review

This paper reviews the literature on what people value in employment and on methods of measuring the quality of employment, with a view to measuring it…

Returning to work from injury: Longitudinal evidence on employment and earnings

New Zealand has a comprehensive accident insurance system that pays much of the direct cost of accidental injuries, and compensates workers 80 percent of their earnings…

Government-Community engagement: Key learning and emerging principles

In undertaking the CEDAR project over the last three years, there has been a vast accumulation of knowledge and experiences in processes and issues relating to…

Doing Action Research

In undertaking the CEDAR project over the last three years, there has been a vast accumulation of knowledge and experiences in processes and issues relating to…

Migrants and their take-up of ESOL tuition

Some people seeking permanent residence in New Zealand are required to meet a minimum standard of English language attainment. In most cases it is people aged…

Messages about reading

This report presents the findings from a study conducted in 2003 on the strategies adopted at three schools to enhance home-school communication in the area of…

Shaping our futures: Meeting secondary students' learning needs in a time of evolving qualifications: final report of the Learning Curves project

The Learning Curves project has documented changes in the subject and assessment choices offered to senior students in six medium-sized New Zealand secondary schools between 2002…

Socialisation of teachers into the culture of assessment

While new graduates of teacher education programmes are employed as provisionally registered teachers, they are still expected to plan, teach, and assess a full classroom programme…

Educational issues for communities affected by transience and residential mobility: report on phase 1

The New Zealand population as a whole is highly mobile. This can bring benefits to a community, but can also have adverse effects, particularly where there…